[2013.09.02] 4th Korean Album - Full Bloom


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Thanks for that but I ordered from DVD-Heaven instead. They had more editions with more stuff available at the time of my purchase.

I saw source for the CD from other sites. Have you or any other tried any of the sites below? Do you guys prefer YesAsia for North America? Which do you think is better?

dvdheaven

http://www.dvdheaven.com/ <- just search for "KARA Full Bloom"

Kpoptown

http://www.kpoptown.com/home-music-cd-dvd/17603-kara-4th-album-full-bloom-cd-poster.html

Kpopmart

http://kpopmart.com/product.php?id_product=5629

Yesasia

http://www.yesasia.com/us/kara-vol-4-full-bloom-poster-in-tube/1033941157-0-0-0-en/info.html

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I saw source for the CD from other sites. Have you or any other tried any of the sites below? Do you guys prefer YesAsia for North America? Which do you think is better?

dvdheaven

http://www.dvdheaven.com/ <- just search for "KARA Full Bloom"

Kpoptown

http://www.kpoptown.com/home-music-cd-dvd/17603-kara-4th-album-full-bloom-cd-poster.html

Kpopmart

http://kpopmart.com/product.php?id_product=5629

Yesasia

http://www.yesasia.com/us/kara-vol-4-full-bloom-poster-in-tube/1033941157-0-0-0-en/info.html

 

 

I'm not sure about North America, but I've bought from YesAsia before (I'm in Australia) and their service is topnotched.....just my two cents....

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can anyone help translate the HMV Review of 4th Album: FULL BLOOM. Could'nt understand the jap words, help would be much appreciated.

 

any link?.. if someone knows we can ask them for a favor ..kindly share the link Thank you 

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I saw source for the CD from other sites. Have you or any other tried any of the sites below? Do you guys prefer YesAsia for North America? Which do you think is better?

dvdheaven

http://www.dvdheaven.com/ <- just search for "KARA Full Bloom"

Kpoptown

http://www.kpoptown.com/home-music-cd-dvd/17603-kara-4th-album-full-bloom-cd-poster.html

Kpopmart

http://kpopmart.com/product.php?id_product=5629

Yesasia

http://www.yesasia.com/us/kara-vol-4-full-bloom-poster-in-tube/1033941157-0-0-0-en/info.html

 

I've shopped from them all, I prefer DVD-Heaven for korean goods, they ship faster and they package well. I usually shop yesasia for J-Kara stuff if I can't find it in CD-Japan. Let's say Yes-Asia is my 2nd tier for both Korean and Japanese Kara goods. Yes-Asia is really good for selection though. 

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I was wondering if we buy it from those sites will it goes towards the award system for music shows?

Idk if someone ask already.

Online store you can buy Full Bloom that is counted towards Hanteo/Gaon

 

dvdheaven

http://www.dvdheaven.com/ <- just search for "KARA Full Bloom"

 

Kpoptown

http://www.kpoptown.com/home-music-cd-dvd/17603-kara-4th-album-full-bloom-cd-poster.html

 

Kpopmart

http://kpopmart.com/product.php?id_product=5629

 

Yesasia

http://www.yesasia.com/us/kara-vol-4-full-bloom-poster-in-tube/1033941157-0-0-0-en/info.html

 

Gmarket

http://item2.gmarket.co.kr/English/detailview/Item.aspx?goodscode=395546230&pos_shop_cd=EN&pos_class_cd=90000001&pos_class_kind=T&keyword_order=kara

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the sweet princesses who turn into black queens. They were damaged along the line for someone T_T

the story I'm imagining XD but I don't get the boyish concept. Maybe they were hurt as girls and decided to pass for boys XD don't know...

But I'm loving the teasers and cover of the album.

Can't wait.

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No worries! And just to add, I'm your fan at the allkpop KARA thread :)  thanks for all the info about the Korean music industry...it was an eye-opener to say the least.....keep on trucking ultraman88!!

Thanks!

I've shopped from them all, I prefer DVD-Heaven for korean goods, they ship faster and they package well. I usually shop yesasia for J-Kara stuff if I can't find it in CD-Japan. Let's say Yes-Asia is my 2nd tier for both Korean and Japanese Kara goods. Yes-Asia is really good for selection though.

Cool, thanks!

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I think the main point of their concept is that they're cold women now, from all the hurt they've gone through.  So they were once innocent princess, got hurt by the relationship and become cold hearted queens, then decided to act like boys instead of being a lady and getting hurt.  lol.

 

Where do we buy the digital copies in order for it to count on music shows once they make their comeback?

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Review of the song "One of Two (Runaway)"

This is a quick translation of a review on the song “One of two (Runaway)” that was posted on the Karaboard by writer Nezo. I thought it would be interesting to read what K-Kamilias are saying. Nezo is a graduate student studying in Japan right now who is also a musician.

Before I go into the translation, I want to also add my short comments about the new single.

I think it’s great. In fact, it’s best so far from Kara. They’ve clearly departed from their previous works and genre. And the sound is more mature and advanced. Here is why.

The music is awesome. It is an R&B style really with some blues, hints of bossa nova and acoustic folk rock. I agree with Nezo, there are two acoustic and two electric guitars. Plus, there is a keyboard (I can hear it), a bass, a real drum, and there are one male and (at least) two female backup singers (they maybe Kara doing it but am not sure because I hear the faint bass tone in the combination). The snare drum sound is so real nice. It adds real punch, doesn’t it? I love it. And the guitar sounds are just amazing. Simply, the music is a real pleasure to my ears. It is a great arrangement.

Then, we have KARA. They’ve grown. You can really hear it. The voices are more balanced, stable and mature. And you can hear emotions as well. Hara’s voice has more strength. You can hear that she’s been training. And Nicole’s rap is great. Jiyoung is getting better and better. And the sounds of Gyul and Ham’s voices have strength and balance. Overall, they’ve definitely matured and have reached, dare I say, at a level of artist. I can feel them breaking out from their idol stage to the now a real bona fide artist level.

So, here to the translation…

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by: Nezo

Introduction going in:

This new song “Runaway” is very very good. It has a very desirable unfamiliarity! It is a great compromise of emotional gayos of the early 2000’s with the medium tempo boom before. Oh, damn, if this one track on the album is like this how high a quality will the title song be by Sweetune. Oh, man, ㅜㅜ, this is like the satisfaction felt from the “Way” on the album “Pandora”.

Analysis of Genre:

Rather than calling it blues, the genre is closer to R&B Soul, acoustic R&B Soul. Organic Soul! The sound is of style we are more familiar from foreign artists; however, we heard it more (from the Korean artists) in the past but harder to find now days. In fact, it is a style we rarely heard it for the last few years. In my view, it seems to be similar to a playing style of Adriana Evans acoustic soul plus a hint of modern country-style rhythm session. It even sounds like an opened and expanded feeling from the acoustic R&B sound of Nicole’s “Lost”.

Charming Vocals:

I see more sensitivity to popular appeal. It has the sound quality to appeal not only to the existing fans of KARA but also to the fans of emotional gayo (the Korean style pop ballads). The refrain section shows that one does not have to resort to screaming to reach an emotional number. The vocal abilities of all the members have increased. And their controls are great. And it’s a matured image! Finally, their vocals have completely broken out from the idol image. One more attractive point, the members have tried hard to make similar tone if possible. They have tried to faithfully assimilate to the song’s sound concept that it is hard to figure out who sang which part at first glance.

The sound of instrument is magnificent:

The sound of bass and even the tones of the acoustic guitars, they’ve done a great job. I wonder if they are the work of Hong, Joon-Ho and Lee, Tae-Yoon? The sound is not young (meaning the players are not young). And the drum part is so real. The fuzzy tone of the guitar part does not try to stand out but adds much pleasurable spice to the whole piece. What is interesting is that I’ve been repeating it for over an hour and still cannot hear the sound of the keyboard. How can they make this kind of sounds with a rock-band arrangement? Are they really going with a session band? If that is the case, I find it interesting that they’ve used various effects sounds from electric guitars to replace the previous uses of electric piano and synthesizers. To my ears, there are performances with two acoustic guitar arrangements in addition to two electric guitars which are using two separate tones each. Upon first listening, the tone sounds like an electric piano because the sound stresses punch tones; however, to my years it sounds like a guitar. (Ah, but it sounds like there is an electric piano as well in the background of the acoustic guitars. We will have to see the album flyers to see what instruments were used.).

Satisfaction grade: To base “My Darling” as 100 points, I give 97 points.

Note: I must stress that the review is not 100% due to my use of Youtube and the downloaded song from iTunes. (Meaning, it’s not a raw WAV file from a CD).

들어가는 글

이번 런어웨이 매우매우 좋습니다. 아주 바람직한 낯설음! 마치 감성가요와 2000년대 초반의 미디엄템포 붐을 멋지게 절충한 넘버이군요. 아 젠장, 수록곡 수준이 이러한데 스윗튠 담당 타이틀곡은 대체 어느 정도 고퀄리티란 말이여!. 젠장. ㅜㅜ 마치 판도라 앨범 수록곡 웨이와 같은 만족감입니다.

장르에 대한 고찰

장르가 블루스라기보다는 알앤비소울에 가깝습니다. 어쿠스틱한 알앤비소울. 오르가닉 소울! 해외 아티스트들의 사운드로 익숙하지만, 국내에서는 예전에는 잘 나오다가 좀처럼 듣기 힘들었던, 아니 몇년동안 잘 안 들리던 그런 스타일이지요. Adriana Evans 풍의 어쿠스티 소울 연주에, 약간 현대적인 컨트리풍의 리듬 세션이라고 봅니다. 니콜의 로스트의 어쿠스틱한 알앤비 사운드를 좀 더 확장개봉한 듯 한 느낌도 있습니다.

매력적인 보컬!

대중성도 돋보입니다. 기존 카라 팬들 뿐만이 아니라, 감성가요 팬들까지도 매료시킬 수 있는 사운드 퀄리티입니다.후렴구에서 지르지 않고도 충분히 감동적인 넘버를 만들 수 있다는 걸 들려준다. 멤버 전원 보컬 실력이 많이 늘었다. 완급 조절이 좋다! 성숙한 이미지! 이제야 아이돌 이미지를 완전히 벗어난 보컬입니다. 한가지 더 매력적인 점은. 멤버들이 가능하면 모두가 '비슷한 톤'을 내려고 노력하였다는 점. 한번 들어서 누가 불렀는지 얼핏 헷갈릴 정도로 곡 사운드 컨셉에 동화되어 있다!

악기 사운드가 예술

어쿠스틱 기타 톤 하며, 베이스 사운드 정말 잘 뽑았어요! 이번에도 홍준호, 이태윤 님의 작품일까 궁금합니다. 연주가 젊지가 않네요. 게다가 드럼 연주가 리얼인 듯 한 점도. 퍼지톤 기타도 튀지 않지만 양념같은 존재감! 재밌는 건 한시간 이상 반복재생해도 아직 건반 사운드가 안 들립니다. 록밴드 편성으로 이런 사운드를 만들어내다니. 세션밴드 이번에는 꼭 가는 겁니까! 만약 그렇다면, 기존의 일렉피아노나 신디사이저가 담당했던 걸 다양한 일렉기타 이펙트로 대체한 점이 재미있네요.제 귀에는 트윈 어쿠스틱 기타 편곡에 추가로 두대의 일렉기타가 각자 두개 이상의 톤을 바꾸면서 연주. 퍼지톤이 강조되어서 얼핏 일렉피아노 음성과 비슷하지만, 제 귀는 기타 사운드로 판정합니다. (아 그래도 어쿠스틱 기타 배경에 살짝 일렉피아노가 들리는 거 같기도 하고. 이 점은 직접 앨범 속지를 보고 확인해봐야겠네요.)

만족도 : My Darling을 100점 만점 기준으로 97점.

p.s. Youtube영상과 iTunes 다운로드 음질이라 100% 완벽한 후기는 아니라는 점을 감안해주세요.

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Yes, actually I just realize that yesterday after listened runaway all day..what's the great about runaway..

We can hear Hara voice clear, stable and sound good..others also improved. the song so refreshing because their voices blend really well, music instrument and arrangement have nice balance. I glad KARA got this song.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

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FORGIVE ME FOR IMAGINING SOMETHING <3  :gemheart:  :gemheart:

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Fan art on Full Bloom.

 

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I like this. From twitter.

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[!!] MV Teaser to KARA's "Damaged Lady" to be released on the 26th August, 12pm KST

@_karaholic

 

 

Instiz Real-time Countdown to KARA's "Damaged Lady" MV Teaser

http://www.instiz.net/bbs/list.php?id=realtime&no=3498&green=1

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